Explosive compound.



GUSTAV SCHULTZ AND FRITZ GEHRE, OF MUNICH, GERMANY, ASSIGNORS TO EMILIO BLEonER AND CARLO LOPEaoF'HAMBURG, GERMANY, AND cA L DISTLER, or

MUNI CH, GERMANY.

EXPLOSIVE COMPOUND.

r sented July 28, 1908.

Application filed. January 25, 1906. Serial-No. 297,832.

T all whomit may concern:

Be it known that we, GUSTAV SCHULTZ and FRITZ GEHRE, subjects of the Kin of Bavaria and Emperor of Germany, resi ing at, respectively, No. 3 Geselastrasse,Munich,

Bavaria, Germany, and No. 8 Blutenstrasse, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, have Invented certain new and useful Improvements in Explosive Compounds l and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de- -high shattering power, which has not een attained by the well known explosives formed by the combination of various nitro compounds of aromatic hydro-carbons with suitable substances which easily give up oxygen. j

Inmaking' our new compounds we combine the bior tri-nitro compounds obtained by nitration of pseudocumol or mesitylene with suitable solid inorganic oxidizing salts,

such, for instance, as ammonium nitrate; and to increase the shatterin power of such compounds we add thereto finely owdered iron or co er. The best results ave been obtained y using the following proportions Twelve parts by; weight of the bior tr'i-nitro -tri-methyl-benzene or 'of a mixture of both are mixed with eighty-eight parts of ammonium nitrate. I an explosive of a 'ver high shattering power he required, "then pre erably twelve parts of the nitro bodies are mixed with eighty-six parts of ammonium nitrate and two parts of powdered co er or iron, or a mixture of these metals is a ed.

It is to be understood that we do not wish trate as an oxidizing agent, as other oxidizing agents, used previously for the same purpose in combination with various other nitro-com ounds of aromatic hydro-carbons, such as al ali nitrates, chlorates and the like may be used.

We claim as our invention:

1. A safety explosive compound, consisting of a mixture of biand tri-nitro deriva-' tives of'triemethyl-benzene with a solid'inorganic oxidizing salt. I

2. A safety explosive compound, consist ing of a mixture of biand tri-nitro. derivatives of tri-methyl-benzene with a solid 1nlron and copper.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses. o

GUSTAV SCHULTZ. FRITZ GEHRE. Witnesses:

FR. HUGO JAcoBs, WILLY KOLHAUS.

organic oxidizing salt and finely powdered v 45 I to be limited to the use of the ammonium ni- 

